19 h. ago Swinney's government should take 'immediate action' protecting women's rights, says Ash Regan

Alba MSP Ash Regan told the Sunday Mail it was time for the Scottish Government to stop hiding behind 'faux legal ambiguity' on single sex spaces.

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31 h. ago Dozens of Syrians rally outside BBC headquarters in London calling for action to protect Druze

Dozens of Syrians rally outside BBC headquarters in London calling for action to protect Druze  The Times of Israel

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56 h. ago The athleisure trend the most stylish women in fashion are wearing right now

The front row have been taking style tips directly from the pitch instead, pairing football shorts with everything from blouses, to blazers, crop tops, mules, flip flops and even ballet pumps.

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4 d. ago Orange Order to meet SNP Government officials after accusing John Swinney of 'silence' over air gun attack

John Swinney described acts of violence against the Orange Order as "completely and utterly unacceptable".

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6 d. ago Women's rights group sue Hampstead Heath Ladies' Pond for £50,000 for still allowing transgender bathers in, despite Supreme Court ruling

Sex Matters are gearing up to take legal action against the City of London Corporation over their stance that transgender women can use the ponds in north of the city.

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8 d. ago SNP's debt mountain as cost of Holyrood borrowing soars to record £500m a year!

Taxpayers will have to fork out an eye-watering £500 million a year just to service the spiralling debts run up by John Swinney's SNP government.

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1 week ago New Hampshire judge blocks Trump’s birthright citizenship order

Judge certifies class-action lawsuit that’s one of many challenging order denying citizenship to those born to undocumented parents in the USUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump’s bid to end birthright citizenship suffered a courtroom defeat on Thursday as a federal judge in New Hampshire blocked the controversial executive order nationwide and certified a sweeping class-action lawsuit that could protect tens of thousands of children.Ruling from the bench on Thursday, Judge Joseph LaPlante announced his decision after an hour-long hearing and said a written order will follow. The judge, an appointee of George W Bush, said a written order would follow later in the day, with a seven-day stay to allow for appeal. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Judge strikes down Trump’s birthright citizenship order in new legal challenge after Supreme Court ruling

Judge’s ruling in new class-action case protects all children who could be denied citizenship under Trump’s executive order

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1 week ago Judge blocks Trump on birthright citizenship despite supreme court ruling – US politics live

US judge backs immigrant rights advocates seeking class-action status for a lawsuit to protect babies whose citizenship could be threatened by Trump’s directiveYou can read the trove of documents Erez Reuveni turned over to the senate judiciary committee here.Erez Reuveni, a fired justice department attorney, has provided text messages to the Senate judiciary committee supporting his whistleblower complaint involving Emil Bove, a top department official who is currently being considered for a seat on the federal bench. Continue reading...

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1 week ago 'My daughters didn't even know I played for England and won five FA Cups – we started it'

Morag 'Maggie' Pearce played right-back for Southampton Women and England, winning five FA Cups during her career, though being in the spotlight hasn't always come naturally

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1 week ago Murder investigation launched as missing paddleboarder found dead

Authorities found Sunshine "Sunny" Stewart dead in "unusual circumstances" after the women’s rights advocate had been reported missing the day previous.

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1 week ago Missing paddleboarder found dead as murder investigation launched

Authorities found Sunshine "Sunny" Stewart dead in "unusual circumstances" after the women’s rights advocate had been reported missing the day previous.

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1 week ago Murder probe launched as missing Maine paddleboarder is discovered dead

Authorities found Sunshine "Sunny" Stewart dead in "unusual circumstances," on Crawford Pond in Union, Maine, after the advocate for women’s rights had gone missing

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1 week ago Thousands meet their MPs to show huge demand for climate action

Mass lobby in Westminster is kicked off with giant image on cliffs of Dover stating ‘89% of people want climate action’More than 5,000 people from across the UK arrived in Westminster on Wednesday to meet their MPs and demand urgent climate action to protect their communities.The mass lobby is one of the largest to date. The constituents, including parents and pensioners, doctors, teachers, farmers and youth campaigners, have arranged to lobby at least 500 MPs, about 80% of the total. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Arrest warrant issued for Taliban’s supreme leader over persecution of women and girls in Afghanistan

Taliban have imposed harsh measures that range from banning women from public places to girls from attending school beyond the sixth grade

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1 week ago Almost 30,000 Scots women check if partners have secret violent past using police programme

The Disclosure Scheme for Domestic Abuse in Scotland (DSDAS), also known as Clare’s Law, gives women the right to ask police if a current or ex-partner has a record of abusive behavour.

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1 week ago Labour tears itself apart over trans rights as biological man 'breaks party rules' and stands to become women's officer

One of the candidates includes Steph Richards - a transgender woman in possession of a gender recognition certificate - who is standing for women's officer.

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1 week ago Man goes from 'geek' to ladies' man as extreme hair makeover changes everything

A man stunned social media users after his dramatic hair makeover left him looking like a 'completely different person' - and women admitted they'd swipe right on Tinder

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1 week ago Governments like mine have a duty to stand up to Israel. Far too many have failed | Gustavo Petro

Without decisive action, we risk stripping the global legal order of its remaining protections for less-privileged nationsGustavo Petro is the president of ColombiaOver the past 600 days, the world has watched Benjamin Netanyahu lead a campaign of devastation in Gaza, the escalation of regional conflict, and a reckless abandonment of international law at large.Governments such as mine cannot afford to remain passive. In September 2024, when we voted for the United Nations general assembly resolution on Israel’s policies and practices in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, we assumed concrete obligations – investigations, prosecutions, sanctions, asset freezes, and cessation of imports and arms. That resolution set a deadline of 12 months for Israel to “bring to an end without delay its unlawful presence”. One hundred and twenty-four states voted in favour, including Colombia. The clock is now ticking.Gustavo Petro is the president of Colombia Continue reading...

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2 w. ago UPenn to ban transgender athletes, ending civil rights case focused on swimmer Lia Thomas

Penn settles Title IX case over Lia Thomas’ winsSchool will ban trans women from female sportsFeds call it a victory for women and girls’ rightsThe University of Pennsylvania has agreed to ban transgender women from its women’s sports teams to resolve a federal civil rights case that found the school violated the rights of female athletes.The US Education Department announced the voluntary agreement Tuesday. The case focused on Lia Thomas, the transgender swimmer who last competed for the Ivy League school in Philadelphia in 2022, when she became the first openly transgender athlete to win a Division I title. Continue reading...

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